Twitter (and other sites) can't be reached

[thejudge62]

Since sometime this morning (Sunday), I've not been able to reach any Twitter pages on my LG K4 (2017) running Android 6.0.1.

In Chrome, I get: "This site can't be reached. mobile.twitter.com unexpectedly closed the connection" with the error message "ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED"

In Firefox, I get to the pages, but then get "Sorry, Twitter is taking too long to load". Repeated refreshing does nothing to solve this. This is true of all Twitter pages I try.

In Firefox Focus, I get: "Unable to connect", Again, refreshing doesn't solve it. The local newspaper site - www.leaderlive.co.uk - which has the same problem in Chrome & Firefox - loads OK on this browser.

I rebooted the phone: no change

I uninstalled Chrome updates and re-updated: no change, except that I lost all my bookmarks, logins, etc. 😞

I rebooted again. Again no fix.

All is OK on my W7 desktop on Chrome, Firefox and IE11. I won't be in work until Monday so can't try the wi-fi there to see how it goes.

I didn't change any settings on the phone between the problem not being there and the problem appearing.

Anyone else having this? And, more importantly, does anyone know a fix for it?

Thanks in advance.

[MI5]

Probably an issue with your local mast at the time.

[jonsie]

It certainly seems to have been a issue. Did you check the status page as I suggested? 

[thejudge62]

Yep. Didn't say there was a problem.